avenida

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish avenida, from French avenue, from Old French avenue (feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”)), from Latin advenīre (“come to”, from ad (“to”) +‎ venīre (“come”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abeˈnida/ [a.β̞eˈni.ð̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Hyphenation: a‧ve‧ni‧da

Noun

avenida f (plural avenidas)

1. avenue

Further reading

• “avenida”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “avenida” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

avenida

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish avenida, from French avenue, from Old French avenue (feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”)), from Latin advenīre (“come to”, from ad (“to”) +‎ venīre (“come”)).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.veˈni.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.veˈni.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.veˈni.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɨˈni.dɐ/ [ɐ.vɨˈni.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vɨˈni.dɐ/ [ɐ.vɨˈni.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨˈni.dɐ/ [ɐ.βɨˈni.ðɐ]

• Rhymes: -idɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧ve‧ni‧da

Noun

avenida f (plural avenidas)

1. avenue

Spanish

Etymology

From avenir +‎ -ida, calque of French avenue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abeˈnida/ [a.β̞eˈni.ð̞a]

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• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: a‧ve‧ni‧da

Noun

avenida f (plural avenidas)

1. avenue
2. flood

   Synonyms: riada, inundación

Descendants

• → Portuguese: avenida
• → Tagalog: abenida

Adjective

avenida f

1. feminine singular of avenido

Participle

avenida f sg

1. feminine singular of avenido

Further reading

• “avenida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10